A Pace student is currently undergoing university evaluation after feces vandalism was reported in North Hall earlier this month, according to school officials.

Smeared feces was found all over the third floor bathroom in North Hall and multiple messages were left by the vandal that spelled out “help.” The vandal struck multiple times and at all hours of the day.

Despite student comments, residents consider it to be no laughing matter as multiple girls’ bathrooms have been vandalized in North Hall and similar incidents have been reported in Valley House.

“It’s not fair to [the girls of North Hall]. It’s a bathroom; it’s a place where they should feel comfortable going into,” North Hall resident Alex Coma said. “Even if it is thought of as a prank, you can’t say that it is because it could be potentially a more serious situation than that.”

Following an investigation period, the North Hall vandal is currently undergoing university judiciary procedure. The vandal of Valley has yet to be found.

“Just like anything else that happens, there is a judicial process when it comes to students and when it comes to vandalism or anything like that,” North Hall Residence Director Sam Bassford said.

Whether the situation was a prank or not, the vandalism was handled by residential life and security. North Hall held three meetings in order to discuss the situation and guest privileges for residents were revoked multiple times due to the continuance of the issue.

“The situation was dealt with the best that it could be dealt with within the resources we had,” Bassford said. “It was a very stressful time; each time an event happened, facilities would come to clean it up and then we would try to go to sleep, which sometimes did not happen.”

Students were asked to sign in and out of bathroom and 24-hour security was posted outside. Currently security cameras have been installed to replace security in order to keep watch over the residence hall.

“It’s probably good that they got the security cameras because, should anything happen again, cameras are now there so that justice can be served,” Coma said.

The North Hall community has since settled and is returning to a state of normalcy now that the issue is being resolved.

“As bad as the situation was, at times it really did bond the community,” Bassford said. “It’s always good to find a positive out of something really bad especially in a thing that you cannot control. We’re going to be able to look at this now, learn from the experience, and then go on with the rest of our year.”